What is a "normal" number of text messages for a 20-something to send each month?
 

I'm 38 and new to texting.

It appears my 20-something colleagues grew up text messaging as a part of their daily life, and they do it quite a bit more than I do. I heard a number one guy sent in a month that surprised me.

I think I probably send 20 texts a month. What do you think is the average for the younger crowd?

You send 20 more texts a month than I've sent in my life.

But, based on how often I've seen younger people text in a 15 minute bus trip, or the ratio of kids texting while DRIVING, I'd say that they average about 620 texts a week. Maybe more :p

My last bill had ~1400 on it. I'm 22, and texts are probably the main form of communication between my friends and I, simply due to different schedules.

And so you dont' freak out; I have unlimited.

The one guy I knew back at college would regularly hit 5000+ between him and his girlfriend.

receiving about 500/month
sending: about 100/month

Most of mine are to my wife who's part of the deaf community(all they do is text) and most of the incoming are automated messages from work.

kids these days hate talking on the phone - I know the best way to get to my daughter (16) is by texting.

Anywhere between 500-1000 sent and the same received is pretty normal.

my younger employees text me more than they call me. After a few texts back and forward I usually say "Call me" cause I get tired of the small keyboard.

Bahahaha. Twenty in a month? For someone my age (21) that grew up texting we can send twenty texts just walking to our next class. I send and recieve about 4,000 texts a month.

I text my sons to come down for dinner!

neice was over 5k a while ago

My son's caling plan allows 1500/mo.

And I wonder how many are meaningful. I've never sent a text. Email is fine for me.

I am about 3,000 a month, I am also 43 years old and have adapted very well. My daughter is in basic training and that is the only way we can keep in contact (constantly)

Call them to dinner with a text, yep me too. It works well as I don't have to compete with headphones to get her attention.

LOL ur lik so old. my BFF sez text is way culer than phone. L8R.

OMG LOL!

Cell phone is just a tool for me... texting is part of that tool... I'm 50-something and I sent less that 10 texts a month.


I said tool... huh... huh,huh.

I hated it until I bought a BlackBerry. I don't know how anyone used to a QWERTY keyboard can stand typing on a standard phone. I still don't do it often, but it comes in handy when I'm stuck in meetings.

Couple thousand

for a 20'ish person? about a billion.

i don't text. period. my brother is the only one that dares to send text messages to me. if i get a text message, i usually call the sender and ask them why they don't just call me. its usually a stumper of a question for them.

i only do about 250/ month. i know my total is way low, but i only text the girl(s) i want at the time. ;)

One or two a month.

I've received a few texts, but never sent one. ATT tried to charge me for some text messaging once, I then had the option removed from my phone. Almost had ATT removed from my phone too.

i refuse to text. my brother sent me 2 the other day, just to mess with me. i think his daughter does about 20 a minute, he seems to be getting close to that, yeah tim, i know you will see this but take it like a man, leave the texting to the girls and kids. :D
one of the guys here at work just got divorced, he had to go get a new phone to keep up with the texting to the "Ladies".